BEng (Hons) CHEMICAL AND ENERGY ENGINEERING (WITH FOUNDATION YEAR)
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-19 | - |
Program Overview
Intergrated Foundation Year
The integrated foundation year is distinctive in the way students are prepared with the specific knowledge and skills required to progress onto the BEng programme at LSBU. The foundation year is designed to respond to the differing needs of students, particularly those from local areas in accordance with the policies and practice of equal opportunities.
The content is designed to help students to develop academic, study and practical skills needed at foundation level, including a combination of core engineering modules associated with the provision of study and laboratory skills, mathematics, engineering science and scientific principles and with the specialist engineering subject enabling students to progress to BSc and BEng courses offered by the Division of Engineering they wish to pursue.
Why Chemical and Energy Engineering at LSBU?
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Ranked 1st in the UK for Student Satisfaction for Chemical Engineering (Complete University Guide, 2023).
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Ranked 3rd in London for Chemical Engineering (Guardian League Tables, 2022).
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We’ve recently invested over £400,000 in new teaching facilities dedicated to chemical and energy engineering. That's why we're ranked 1st for Learning Opportunities amongst London competitors in Chemical, Process and Energy Engineering (National Student Survey 2020) with 94% overall satisfaction (NSS 2020).
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Exciting employment opportunities - Our students have secured placements and graduate jobs at Pfizer, GSK, Dow and Chevron.
Program Outline
This course is distinctive as it covers the theory of chemical engineering coupled with computer simulation, laboratory practice and industrial placement that enable graduates to be well equipped with desired skills sought after by employers. It also has the added value of introducing topics that are important for future energy mixed with a focus on renewables as well as oil & gas.
The total credit value of the course is 360 credits which are made up of 14 standard (20 points) modules and one final year project module of 40 points. Each year you need to complete 120 credits.
In the first year, you are introduced to basic engineering practice, design engineering and fundamentals of chemical engineering. The second year focuses on core unit operations such as fluid flow, thermodynamics, chemical reactions, separation processes, process -design,-simulation and -control.
In the final year, the course trains you in specific areas of sustainable energy, energy technologies, and earth resources of energy and enhance how it works on the large scale
Also, in the final year project, the students will apply all the knowledge gained throughout the course into a design project, which typically covers all aspects of an industrial scale process design from raw materials feedstock to final market valuable products taking into account cost estimation, HAZOP, environmental impact &sustainability analysis as well as scaling operational units to optimization.
After two-years study, you are encouraged to have one-year industrial placement (sandwich course) which LSBU can provide you with support how to search via Careers Hub.
Foundation Year
Semester 1
This module provides you with the mathematical knowledge and skills to support study of BEng programmes. The module covers basic algebra, liner and simultaneous equations, quadratic equations, and graphical methods.
The module will cover the principles of chemistry and physics, at a level between GCSE and A-level. It will introduce you to a range of skills required in both chemical and physical sciences, as appropriate to your intended programme of study.
The module introduces study skills considering both individual and team-working skills. It will also introduce you to your own Personal Development Planning process. This module will enable you develop and use appropriate safe working practices in the workshop or laboratory environment specific to your subject/discipline.
Semester 2
This module will provide you with the mathematical knowledge and skill necessary for transition to level 4 study of engineering subjects. You’ll attend lectures and tutorial where worked exercises will be undertaken. Where possible, the statistical content will introduce the use of statistical packages and the presentation of real-life data sets
This module is aimed at extending your science knowledge in preparation or continuing on your engineering degree. It will cover general applied physical, including fluids, electrics, dynamics, statics, heat, and energy
This module provides you with the principles of chemistry and its applications to support study of BEng programmes. It covers fundamentals of chemistry and chemical reactions, and the skills necessary for effective communication in scientific and technical subjects.
Year 1
This module provides you with an understanding of the chemical industries, their economic significance and the career pathways available to professional engineers in these industries. It also equips you with basic principles of chemical processes such as mass and energy balances.
This module consolidates your knowledge of a broad range of mathematical methods and techniques appropriate for engineering courses, and enables you to apply mathematical methods, tools and notations proficiently in the analysis and solution of engineering problems.
This module consolidates your knowledge and understanding of a broad range of engineering principles such as measurement systems and units, thermal physics and mechanical and electrical principles. The teaching is supported by laboratory experiments.
This module develops your knowledge of engineering concepts such as material science, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics, allowing them to be further developed in future years of study.
The aim of the module is for you to begin your engagement with engineering design and develop your transferable skills by. You will undertake small engineering design projects, learn to use Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software, and develop your Personal Development Planning (PDP).
The module provides you with an understanding of the principles of programming and the use of programming languages. It enables to solve chemical engineering problems using numerical techniques and programming languages such as Matlab software.
Year 2
This module develops your knowledge of advanced engineering mathematics, and the skills which enable you to apply mathematical methods and tools proficiently in the analysis and solution of a variety of engineering problems.
This module provides you with the fundamental principles of thermodynamics (heat, energy and power) and their role in chemical engineering processes and systems. The teaching is supported by laboratory experiments.
This module equips you with an understanding on the scientific principles underlying separation processes such as distillation and absorption, and their fundamentals design procedures. The teaching is supported by laboratory experiments.
This module imparts your knowledge and understanding in heat, mass and momentum transfer, describing classical and modern theories and techniques. It also provides you with principles of reaction engineering. The teaching is supported by laboratory experiments. The teaching is supported by laboratory experiments.
This module is designed to provide you with a good foundation in control systems. The main aim is to provide the tools to mathematically model dynamical systems, predict their time and frequency responses, analyse their stability and understand the role of feedback loops to modify the behaviour of a system.
This module introduces the principles of process design, flowsheeting and flowsheet calculations, process simulation, as well as process economics and concepts such as capital and operating costs. It also introduces heat exchanger design and concept of pinch analysis.
Year 3
Year 4
This module enhances and builds on your knowledge and ability to design a chemical plant with the opportunity to propose new and/or innovative processes. It improves your communication skills and self-esteem through weekly feedback sessions, and your ability to work in a team as well as individually.
The aim of this module is to introduce you geological knowledge in order to understand energy systems from geothermal and fossil fuel sources. This covers knowledge, understanding and practical skills you need to analyse the contribution of such systems for meeting future energy requirements
This module will focus on the emerging field of renewable power and fuel generation that jointly will reduce the global CO
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emission. The concept of consumable energy will be clarified and related to various technologies of energy storage such as hydrogen storage, batteries and capacitors.This module further develops your knowledge of control strategies for complex systems. You will also gain knowledge of the fundamentals of compressible fluid flow for engineering systems such as nozzles, fluidised beds, and two-phase flow in a liquid-gas system.
This module is about the sciences behind technologies involved in energy generation and utilisation. It develops a broad overview of energy engineering and the current status of important issues surrounding energy supply and demand.
